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i will tell you why there is an absence of this defense. first and foremost, the average per capita gross domestic product is around $354,000 per year. and so it tends to be known that qataris are remarkably wealthy, and even the saudi arabians and the kuwaitis and they know how good they have it economically and financially, and they know that they need this quarter their continued accumulation of wealth. so that is one factor. the other factor is that qatar has a incredibly detailed welfare system. so almost from cradle to grave, every need is addressed in taking care of and to use a political science jargon, it is the perfect tiered state. with this kind of a state, the kind of issues that become salient and tend to excite people are not necessarily issues of accountability. they are not denounced for transparency. they are all demands that demand around cultural politics and why is their pork sold in the country's only liquor store. the question of a religion or culture, as you know, for all intents and purposes, everyone speaks english
i will tell you why there is an absence of this defense. first and foremost, the average per capita gross domestic product is around $354,000 per year. and so it tends to be known that qataris are remarkably wealthy, and even the saudi arabians and the kuwaitis and they know how good they have it economically and financially, and they know that they need this quarter their continued accumulation of wealth. so that is one factor. the other factor is that qatar has a incredibly detailed welfare...
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first, and under defense policy, based on an internal review led by the current undersecretary of defense, jim miller. this restructuring will better balance the workload across the policy with the secretary of defense has sustained our emphasis on the asia pacific region in space and cybercapabilities and better integrating emerging threats of homeland defense efforts and strengthening our security cooperation efforts while eliminating some senior executive positions, specifically it eliminates the deputy secretary undersecretary position in the chief of staff phases out this on business and stability operations and realigns the portfolios of the five assistant secretaries. the plan also eliminates for for physicians for their support structures and realignment of the policies staffed structure. and second, that the cmo position and this includes the management. .. the acting under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness rebalance resources across the office of three assistant secretaries of defense on forest management in force readiness and military health care compensation an
first, and under defense policy, based on an internal review led by the current undersecretary of defense, jim miller. this restructuring will better balance the workload across the policy with the secretary of defense has sustained our emphasis on the asia pacific region in space and cybercapabilities and better integrating emerging threats of homeland defense efforts and strengthening our security cooperation efforts while eliminating some senior executive positions, specifically it...
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so the russians are a defensive interests. interest. there is an explosion in the middle east, it will explode and it will involve this and can ignite the moslems and israel. in another another interest is to restore some of russia's influence. which i think could be part of this and so i think that finally, russia would like to minimize american influence. and there is probably part of this in the sense that it engages russia and if so, do you see this to what end? >> i see the greater russian engagement than a year ago. if we look at the number of visitors, top-level visitors, moscow is in the recent three to four weeks. i think that and frankly, yes, i think that it is much bigger now than the paradox is and this taken on it was very clear. but it wasn't actually about syria. it wasn't even so much about the middle east. it was about some principles. in this includes how it happens before. and that was the key driving force for russia. getting be deeper into syria. at first, and russia is reaching out to countries who have this estab
so the russians are a defensive interests. interest. there is an explosion in the middle east, it will explode and it will involve this and can ignite the moslems and israel. in another another interest is to restore some of russia's influence. which i think could be part of this and so i think that finally, russia would like to minimize american influence. and there is probably part of this in the sense that it engages russia and if so, do you see this to what end? >> i see the greater...
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so how are defense strategies devised now? in effect they're devised from the bottom up in both the pentagon and in the congress in a sense. in the pentagon requirements are generated through a process that michelle understands better than i do and i've tried. but i will tell you that by the time that process would reach the level of say michelle, it's not fully baked but it is pretty substantially baked. it is not impossible for a gifted bureaucrat at michelle's level to intervene to move that process but it is challenging because at that point an awful lot of bargains have already been struck. a lot of things have already been put in place. it gets very hard even within the pentagon leadership to fundamentally reorient the posture. meanwhile in the congress a parallel process is happening except it originates in congressional districts and with constituents and constituent enterprises and works its way up through individual congressman. so at the top level, let's say we decry an absence of leadership. suppose they actually w
so how are defense strategies devised now? in effect they're devised from the bottom up in both the pentagon and in the congress in a sense. in the pentagon requirements are generated through a process that michelle understands better than i do and i've tried. but i will tell you that by the time that process would reach the level of say michelle, it's not fully baked but it is pretty substantially baked. it is not impossible for a gifted bureaucrat at michelle's level to intervene to move that...
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the defense agencies have sent ignored. i think that's the right thing host back front page -- >> host: front page. u.s. assault defense ties boards to send it. diane feinstein and senator menendez. >> guest: senator feinstein i believe she is the chairwoman of the intel committee in the senate. that means that she knows all the bad things that the chinese were doing. whether it's banking systems, our water systems. electrical grid and on our military system, not to say that the chinese have impacted thousands of business around the nation trying to steal ideas. that's not just being done by some rogue communist chinese agent. that's been done by the chinese government. to say that they are huawei, a big chinese companies going to install the actual backbone for the south korea telecommunications network, that should be a scary thing for south korea and for the united states because we need some security there. as long as we're in south korea helping them against north korea, there ought to be some safety in whom ever they
the defense agencies have sent ignored. i think that's the right thing host back front page -- >> host: front page. u.s. assault defense ties boards to send it. diane feinstein and senator menendez. >> guest: senator feinstein i believe she is the chairwoman of the intel committee in the senate. that means that she knows all the bad things that the chinese were doing. whether it's banking systems, our water systems. electrical grid and on our military system, not to say that the...
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positive change at this year's defensive authorization bill. we have to do more to ensure guantanamo bay is closed. i appreciate the human right a v advocacy to close it. let's remove the blight. [ applause ] >> and continue your work on the question of drones. i think drones can be used in armed conflict. but only in accordance with international laws. we used drones in afghanistan, pakistan, and some of which killed and wounded innocent civilians. i remain very concerned about the lack of transparency surrounding these operations and signature strikes. they raise a question whether drones comply with the international humanitarian law. if you continue the president for the rest of the world, we ought to be transparent as possible about them. and if they are used following international law, i would suggest here today that maybe it is time to look again at international law in this area. and maybe it is time for tightening and changes in it. i for one would like to see that. so, you know, i never hesitate to criticize foreign governments that
positive change at this year's defensive authorization bill. we have to do more to ensure guantanamo bay is closed. i appreciate the human right a v advocacy to close it. let's remove the blight. [ applause ] >> and continue your work on the question of drones. i think drones can be used in armed conflict. but only in accordance with international laws. we used drones in afghanistan, pakistan, and some of which killed and wounded innocent civilians. i remain very concerned about the lack...
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deeper about the contradictions and of our society than donald rumsfeld former defense secretary -- secretary better tombouctou were right now.rs whistle-blowers have been indicted under the espionage act and former cia officials imprisoned for blowing the whistle on water boarding.d the nuances of portage buto the most devastating part is he has used the saysolic credibility that a lot of liberals wouldno oppose. >> host: we had reaction ask calls after your panel. why you continual bash the president? why do you bash president obama? >> i don't see it as bashing president obama at all. there is a reason why journalism is the only sited job in the united states constitution. and that is because we have three branches of government. and if those three branches of power collude together against the interest of the people the press is the forth estate. and journalist have a role to take against those in authority. what i would say to the caller is go back and look at my record in reporting on clinton, bush j obama. i have been consistent towards those in power and that is a core tenant of journ
deeper about the contradictions and of our society than donald rumsfeld former defense secretary -- secretary better tombouctou were right now.rs whistle-blowers have been indicted under the espionage act and former cia officials imprisoned for blowing the whistle on water boarding.d the nuances of portage buto the most devastating part is he has used the saysolic credibility that a lot of liberals wouldno oppose. >> host: we had reaction ask calls after your panel. why you continual bash...
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department briefing from yesterday with remarks from defense secretary chuck hagel and joint chiefs chair general martin dempsey on pentagon spending cuts. >> all these decisions will not only result in a smaller and flatter osd but one that i believe will be better prepared for serious and complex 21st century security challenges that we face as a department and as a nation. and is constrained budget environment, we will continue to look for ways to reduce overhead, improve efficiency and maximize combat power. but we must do so in a deliberate manner after careful consideration of how best to ensure this department is able to carry out its mission of defending the nation. most of the reduction in osd staff that i've announce today will occur through process of natural attrition in order to minimize the impact on workforce. if the department is forced to take this deep sequestration cuts on the order of $500 billion over the next 10 years, we may need to include additional reductions. as i said before, sequestration is irresponsible and poses an unnecessary risk to our military's a
department briefing from yesterday with remarks from defense secretary chuck hagel and joint chiefs chair general martin dempsey on pentagon spending cuts. >> all these decisions will not only result in a smaller and flatter osd but one that i believe will be better prepared for serious and complex 21st century security challenges that we face as a department and as a nation. and is constrained budget environment, we will continue to look for ways to reduce overhead, improve efficiency...
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that bias, which i know you don't share needs to be guarded against because that first line of defense is so important. mr. green and i would be in agreement. the more you can help out in that regard, the better. thank you. i'd like to now welcome our second panel began with mr. shawn callahan, chief operating officer for catholic relief services. he's also served as executive vice president for overseas operations and regional director for south asia and catholic relief services. he's the crs regional response to flood, drought, earthquake a mistake on a man-made emergencies in south asia. his time working with the service is coming is to experience a terrorist attack at a sri lankan airport worked closely with mother teresa and the missionaries of charity in calcutta at work on programming in afghanistan during and after the taliban. without objection, his faux resume as well as our next witness will be part of the record. i'd like to introduce mr. chris bluesky, a humanitarian professional with 15 years of international relief development and fundraising experience. during that time
that bias, which i know you don't share needs to be guarded against because that first line of defense is so important. mr. green and i would be in agreement. the more you can help out in that regard, the better. thank you. i'd like to now welcome our second panel began with mr. shawn callahan, chief operating officer for catholic relief services. he's also served as executive vice president for overseas operations and regional director for south asia and catholic relief services. he's the crs...
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seoul defense ties, warns senators dianne feinstein and senator menendez. >> guest: senator feinstein i believe is the chairwoman of the intel committee. that means she knows all of the bad things that the chinese are doing to our systems whether it's her banking systems, our water systems, the electrical grid and our military systems not to say that chinese have -- impacted thousands of businesses trying to steal ideas. that is not done by rogue communist agents. that's done by the chinese government to say that they are awol way the chinese company that's going to install the back on for the south korea telecommunications network that should be a scary thing for south korea in the united states because we need security there to too. his weight -- as long as we are in south korea helping north korea there ought to be some safety in who they choose to do their telecommunications. there are a lot of other countries. there are european countries, and the united states has the ability to do this and also other asian companies that are communist chinese. >> host: what's going on with the
seoul defense ties, warns senators dianne feinstein and senator menendez. >> guest: senator feinstein i believe is the chairwoman of the intel committee. that means she knows all of the bad things that the chinese are doing to our systems whether it's her banking systems, our water systems, the electrical grid and our military systems not to say that chinese have -- impacted thousands of businesses trying to steal ideas. that is not done by rogue communist agents. that's done by the...
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the middle east is right next to russia and the first of all, i think the russians have a defensive interest and if there is an explosion in the middle east, it will spread throughout the region and that money may involve saying goodbye, but it could unite the muslims in russia. another interest is to restore some of russia's influence which several decades ago was much larger. and i think russia wants to keep a foot in it and they are not prepared to expel america from the middle east in a dramatic effort, because they can't do to the expectations. so we have russia playing a game in which some games are possible. and this includes engaging russia in the top level of decision-making. >> how do you see a? do you see greater russian engagement than a decade ago? if so, to what end? >> i see greater russian engagement than a year ago. and he is the prime minister of turkey, the prime minister of israel, the chief of saudi intelligence, russian foreign and defense ministry and we are talking to plus two talks and that is incredible in context. and in the paradox is is that it's not being by mos
the middle east is right next to russia and the first of all, i think the russians have a defensive interest and if there is an explosion in the middle east, it will spread throughout the region and that money may involve saying goodbye, but it could unite the muslims in russia. another interest is to restore some of russia's influence which several decades ago was much larger. and i think russia wants to keep a foot in it and they are not prepared to expel america from the middle east in a...
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john kerry and secretary of defense were not there. dennis confirmed they were later informed by telephone call. was an impassioned john kerry speech in favor of the military intervention. . >> host: go to marry in fairfax, virginia. >> host: you're on the air. ged. >> caller: i want to say -- [inaudible] [inaudible] it's very sad the republican from the tea party have an -- [inaudible] after my divorce i had two i'm jobs and no insurance and an emergency surgery. i know, -- [inaudible] without medical insurance -- [inaudible] and people don't realize that president obama, i mean [inaudible] he's the president and after a huge mess -- [inaudible] yesterday i saw on msnbc a horrible, i mean, informing the republicans who -- [inaudible] seeks different websites. >> yeah. the california republicans are sending people to a website that doesn't necessarily help them with navigating health care.gov. but i think on the larger point about politics and poll numbers here. on this issue of the affordable care act act. the health care.gov. what is
john kerry and secretary of defense were not there. dennis confirmed they were later informed by telephone call. was an impassioned john kerry speech in favor of the military intervention. . >> host: go to marry in fairfax, virginia. >> host: you're on the air. ged. >> caller: i want to say -- [inaudible] [inaudible] it's very sad the republican from the tea party have an -- [inaudible] after my divorce i had two i'm jobs and no insurance and an emergency surgery. i know, --...
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the arab world is buying billions of dollars and talking about missile defense for gulf countries only. thank you. >> i must say that microphone is distorted. it's very difficult. could you just say that without speaking into the microphone? at distorted your voice. give me the thrust of your question again. >> i wondered if the israelis are really concerned about the iranian nuclear or graham. >> about the iranian program. >> perhaps. [inaudible] or is it a way to end the conflict of the arab country? the main conflict which is the israeli conflict. >> i get the point. if you talk to air countries today they are more concerned about iran than they are the palestinians. if you listen to what is coming out of saudi arabia the uae and the gulf countries in particular if anyone is diverting things that we have is a tacit alliance between israel and saudi arabia where there both obsessed with the iran issue. one could argue and this is unprovable that each one has its interest in diverting its attention from domestic issues which is the israel palestinian thing, saudi arabia in the wake of
the arab world is buying billions of dollars and talking about missile defense for gulf countries only. thank you. >> i must say that microphone is distorted. it's very difficult. could you just say that without speaking into the microphone? at distorted your voice. give me the thrust of your question again. >> i wondered if the israelis are really concerned about the iranian nuclear or graham. >> about the iranian program. >> perhaps. [inaudible] or is it a way to end...
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the philippines and in support of the recovery effort being waged now by usaid and the department of defense and earlier this year, i lead a bipartisan delegation with my good friend, ranking member, to the philippines to strengthen our bilateral relationship with that country. we're going do that again in the wake of these issues. but in the interim, i want to thank all the members of the committee and to say we are all filipinos during this difficult time. i look forward to hearing from our distinguished witness. >> thank you for your leadership and comment today. i would like to recognize -- >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for calling this hearing and as we start to look at the issue, and a personal firsthand testimony you and others who visited the region. it's certainly one that can't help but touch your heard when you hear about people being displaced tps. whard we start talking in millions to really recognize the size of that. but it's the size of the state of oregon. if everybody in oregon were displaced, you know, it's just monumental in term of the impact. so i think in a
the philippines and in support of the recovery effort being waged now by usaid and the department of defense and earlier this year, i lead a bipartisan delegation with my good friend, ranking member, to the philippines to strengthen our bilateral relationship with that country. we're going do that again in the wake of these issues. but in the interim, i want to thank all the members of the committee and to say we are all filipinos during this difficult time. i look forward to hearing from our...
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committee and we will bring you as much of this as we can until 2:00 when whooper unified reefing by defense secretary chuck hagel and martin dempsey and the joint chiefs of staff. >> we want to welcome for the first century table, congressman duncan hunter has its own house and. and they begin with the orang nuclear deal. in the "washington post" this morning, this is how they begin their story. at a beirut come a surge of diplomacy and outburst of violence in the day since world powers reached a deal with tehran illustrate the promise and peril of what could be the start of a more peaceful area in the middle east. or the beginning of a new round of bloodletting. which do you think it is? >> i don't think anything has changed. they're both probably completely wrong. you will have every infield for the last decade. even if they stop short of being able to enrich to a nuclear capability, they'll still be building up their ballistic missiles and ability to reach further and further in his southeast europe in different parts of israel. even if they stop the enrichment capability just short of w
committee and we will bring you as much of this as we can until 2:00 when whooper unified reefing by defense secretary chuck hagel and martin dempsey and the joint chiefs of staff. >> we want to welcome for the first century table, congressman duncan hunter has its own house and. and they begin with the orang nuclear deal. in the "washington post" this morning, this is how they begin their story. at a beirut come a surge of diplomacy and outburst of violence in the day since...
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, including the office of the secretary of defense, the defense security and cooperation agency, the defense threat reduction agency, darpa, which is the pentagon's research arm that created the internet, not to mention the joint staff and the united states army, navy, air force, and marines. they are all hard at work analyzing what began, frankly, back in 2011 as a culinary -- as a preliminary analysis was made, now it is becoming state of art as we ramp it up for this possibility of peace. they are all hard at work in close consultation with their idf counterparts, and we will engage in further close evaluation with every aspect and with palestinians. and with the palestinians, which is critical. we have a separate team assessing palestinian security needs in the context of statehood. we anticipate that the united states will continue to play a leading role in building, helping to build palestinian capacity, helping to build their capabilities, to maintain law and order, to cooperate in an effective judicial system, to counter terrorism and smuggling and manage border security, cus
, including the office of the secretary of defense, the defense security and cooperation agency, the defense threat reduction agency, darpa, which is the pentagon's research arm that created the internet, not to mention the joint staff and the united states army, navy, air force, and marines. they are all hard at work analyzing what began, frankly, back in 2011 as a culinary -- as a preliminary analysis was made, now it is becoming state of art as we ramp it up for this possibility of peace....
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former defense secretary and rodriguez ran the program and they are are in book tour right now in one official who was imprisoned for blowing the whistle on water boarding. the nuances important but the most devastating part is obama has lost hisicy credibility to put a stamp of legitimacy are policies that democrats would oppose. >> host: john called wou earlier this and i promised him i would ask you this question. wide you continually bashs the president or president obama? >> i don't bash him at all. onl united states constitution. and that is because we have three branches of government. and if those three branches of power collude together against the interest of the people the press is the forth estate. and journalist have a role to take against those in authority. what i would say to the caller is go back and look at my record in reporting on clinton, bush j obama. i have been consistent towards those in power and that is a core tenant of journalism. it doesn't how president obama treats his daughter. i care about how he treats the broader children in america by his policies.
former defense secretary and rodriguez ran the program and they are are in book tour right now in one official who was imprisoned for blowing the whistle on water boarding. the nuances important but the most devastating part is obama has lost hisicy credibility to put a stamp of legitimacy are policies that democrats would oppose. >> host: john called wou earlier this and i promised him i would ask you this question. wide you continually bashs the president or president obama? >> i...
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cough is that justice will be searched the defense attorneys for the officer say that thomas was this it's a friendly and had multiple run ins with the line gets a prior conviction for assaulting his grandfather was a fireplace poker his own mother son or restraining order against him after he held up by the throat during an argument is unknown and the azeri he was allegedly attempting to take the guns off the officers that night. so hello kelly thomas is past claims from this trial and how it affected him at night we're a weird and definitely a lot about that during the trial from defense attorneys and prosecutors are well aware of this they say that it be. it is routine for defense attorneys to distract from the actions that their clients dated and then try to put the victim on trial their defense attorneys say that the image of kelly thomas being a frail mentally ill man is it is for this from the actual case but we also have to remember that the autopsy fall when kelly thomas is then found that she actually had no true cynicism at the time of the beating heart to correspond hormon
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for us, nuclear weapons have no place whatsoever in our defense doctorine. i believe all of us in this region need to unite against a nuclear program that has been a threat to this region. we have all shared this view since 1974 that we need to establish a region free from all weapons of mass destruction. the only regime in the middle east that has both nuclear as well as chemicalcal weapons and not only from the fact that it is al blatant violator of the mpt and all other international instruments on weapons of mass destruction, but, also, it's a violator of the most basic human rights of the palestinians. it tries to divert attention from its inhumane apologized. >> you are referring to israel. israel has described it as a historic mistake. >> it shows iran never produces nuclear weapons which is the aim and it's an aim that we share, why should i be worried other than the fact that they have been trying to use this smoke screen in order to you evade and in fact divert international attention from their atrocities against the palestinian people. daily viol
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>>> welcome to "this week in defense news." i'm vago muradian. sharing lessons from afghanistan to help cash strapped members preserve capabilities. plus, cane's former defense minister on the future of afghanistan. bullet first, rising tensions in the east china sea, where china has extended its air defense identification zone to overlap territory long claimed by japan, south korea and taiwan. vice president joe biden has urged restraint and encouraged all parties to resolve their territorial claims peacefully. during a three-day swing through the region. and washington has said that the u.s. military will continue operating normally, refusing chinese calls for identification. but washington has also instructed civil airliners to follow beijing's new guidelines for the sake of safety. china has made the move to assert its claims over on the unpopulated islands, administered by japan, to force japan to back down, beijing has ratcheted up air and sea patrols and tokyo responded in kind of here to talk to us about china's aim and what is next are t
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air defense zone. over regional ireland at the heart of a dispute with japan, the last stop on biden's asia trip. let's bring in our asia correspondent who is covering his trip to china. i imagine it was a bit of a tensor welcome for joe biden today. >> a very tense welcome. making things worse, when he addressed a group of visa applicants at the u.s. embassy and encouraged them to question authority and spoke about academic and intellectual freedoms in the united states. between a tense meeting biden and chinese leaders. today, a state one chinese newspaper "the china daily" warned vice president biden from repeating -- against the repeating further remarks on the air defense issue. earlier this week china said its declaration of this zone was an attempt to unilaterally change the status quo and that it raised the risk for accidents and miscalculations in the region. >> what are the other issues on the table today, or will this error defensive zone block all the others out? the issues in the meetings
air defense zone. over regional ireland at the heart of a dispute with japan, the last stop on biden's asia trip. let's bring in our asia correspondent who is covering his trip to china. i imagine it was a bit of a tensor welcome for joe biden today. >> a very tense welcome. making things worse, when he addressed a group of visa applicants at the u.s. embassy and encouraged them to question authority and spoke about academic and intellectual freedoms in the united states. between a tense...
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security the defense. ministry i think the they just target big just wanted to target anyone at the place medical the staff soldiers high ranking military men all together. meanwhile armed religious clashes in the central african republic have killed at least twenty three people the moon did dozens more mostly muslim rebels who seized power in march of fighting christians supporting yazdi president witnesses in the capital say the victims included women and children while government soldiers...
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vice president joe biden say they stand united in their response to china's newly declared air defense zone. >>> protests in thailand have police trying another way to calm demonstrators. they've let the people into their headquarters and the prime minister's office. >>> a young american woman killed in the march 11 disaster wished to be a bridge between japan and the u.s. now her parents are working to keep that dream alive. >>> u.s. vice president joe biden says his country will stand by japan in the face of a new dispute involving china. he just wrapped up a meeting with prime minister shinzo abe. the leaders shared ideas on how to approach chinese authorities following their air defense identification zone over the east china sea. >> translator: we confirmed that japan and the united states will not tolerate china's attempt to unilaterally change the status quo. we also agree our countries will continue to work closely together to deal with the matter base on the strong u.s./japan relationships. >> translator: the united states has an interest in lowering tensions in this vital reg
vice president joe biden say they stand united in their response to china's newly declared air defense zone. >>> protests in thailand have police trying another way to calm demonstrators. they've let the people into their headquarters and the prime minister's office. >>> a young american woman killed in the march 11 disaster wished to be a bridge between japan and the u.s. now her parents are working to keep that dream alive. >>> u.s. vice president joe biden says his...
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bothare frankly done by defense, because we will look at defense issues for long-term for defense investment, by some of the regional partners around the world, how much are they investing over the next five or 10 years? same thing back on our side. will do that kind of assessing. it is example of something we would do. we would participate, certainly, in other assessments taken place but definitely have a direct impact on the fence. a good question, but it gets back to what i said. if something happens in yemen, or something happens in iraq, and the secretary of defense or an assistant secretary, because kinds ofith all customers, says, what just happened? i need to know because i'm getting ready to go into the interagency process over here on capitol hill, and i need some answers, that is a here and now answer and they will not go to get that answer. they turned to us. we have to also maintain a very current intelligence capability. we do that. the center construct actually gives us enormous flexibility to do that. we also do that through the joint staff. component of really staying in the
bothare frankly done by defense, because we will look at defense issues for long-term for defense investment, by some of the regional partners around the world, how much are they investing over the next five or 10 years? same thing back on our side. will do that kind of assessing. it is example of something we would do. we would participate, certainly, in other assessments taken place but definitely have a direct impact on the fence. a good question, but it gets back to what i said. if...
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us vice president joe biden is in asia to defuse tensions over china's new air defense justifications. in the german top shop is humbled by it. i can't think of the time. find a group of major global banks that don't live by when seven billion euros. to profit from the manipulation of key interest rates. eu competition commissioner joaquin o'neill said the aim was to send a clear message to these cartel. but don't go far enough in itself to an increasing scrutiny since the two thousand and eight financial crisis. we have welcomed also been trying to add to this report. deutsche bank received the biggest fine. the company has to pay seven hundred and twenty five million euros. but the bank said it was prepared for the settlements. doherty said the necessary cash to sign so cds in awe of the royal bank of scotland. citigroup and jpmorgan chase on the other financial giants that have to cough up. along with a broken toe up emotion we say with a sissy so we want to send a clear message that the commission meets the legal fight gun sights of the stuff that's in the financial sector the fou
us vice president joe biden is in asia to defuse tensions over china's new air defense justifications. in the german top shop is humbled by it. i can't think of the time. find a group of major global banks that don't live by when seven billion euros. to profit from the manipulation of key interest rates. eu competition commissioner joaquin o'neill said the aim was to send a clear message to these cartel. but don't go far enough in itself to an increasing scrutiny since the two thousand and...
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seoul has announced an expansion of their air defense zone. it over lapt overlaps an area wh beijing. china announced it's new air defense identification zone last month. >> we believe this will not significantly impact our relationship china and japan and we try to work for peace and cooperation in the northeast asia. we have explained our position with other countries and overall they are in agreement. >> people flying through the china zone would have to identify themselves to the chinese and a large part overlaps with japan zone which was already in place and south korea which has b an air defense zone. it's existing boundaries now being moved. and you can see th see at the tp include islands and disputed by china. let's go to harry forcet from seoul. this is in spodges response to t china did. that move was seen as a direct confrontation with japan over the islands. but it also includes the new chinese zone su submerged reef n south korea which is defacto under the control of seoul. there is a scientific research station and a south korea
seoul has announced an expansion of their air defense zone. it over lapt overlaps an area wh beijing. china announced it's new air defense identification zone last month. >> we believe this will not significantly impact our relationship china and japan and we try to work for peace and cooperation in the northeast asia. we have explained our position with other countries and overall they are in agreement. >> people flying through the china zone would have to identify themselves to...
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ukraine has inspected by ruling princes of the many and many of them have russian him and offered a defense that the rating on which um so that's a that's an important thing to keep in mind. ukraine has so many contests think with with specification is in many ways the country that is more divided than any that many of those on the only european competition the west and east but beyond the full stats every time i bought this as of monday up pressure on the gas energy. and a full set of the ukrainian state that is comically for funds which gives the fabric store for a new watch with cash through dry throat and cough delivered. we do we store was at the point you just talked about very much in the two thousand and four orange revolution but today's opinion polls show that more than fifty percent of ukrainians consistently back eu integration said. does that mean that these street protests have more taunts of spreading to the east to meet its knowing is again i think its current episode of the divide is no longer a simple and clear captain as geographical the kids to be obstinate and then ten
ukraine has inspected by ruling princes of the many and many of them have russian him and offered a defense that the rating on which um so that's a that's an important thing to keep in mind. ukraine has so many contests think with with specification is in many ways the country that is more divided than any that many of those on the only european competition the west and east but beyond the full stats every time i bought this as of monday up pressure on the gas energy. and a full set of the...
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the very close relationship between the swedish defense radio authority f.r.a. and their american counterpart n.s.a. and according to the documents. that f.r.a. have spied spying on the russian leadership and they are passing this information on to n.s.a. we got access to these documents thanks to edward snowden so for we have don't have any details more than the documents are mentioning. that they're talking about unique intelligence they're talking about classic intelligence and they also mentioning cables the spokesman of f.r.a. didn't give any comments but. when axed asked about being. seen as a leading partner that's the way they spell it in these documents for a is a leading partner to n.s.a. then he says ok that's flattering he ses so that's the only comment we have received so far the swedish foreign minister's since commented on the allegations saying they would affect his country's relationship with russia a correspondent in europe peter oliver also looked into what else is a. we tried to contact both the f.r.a. and president putin's spokes person both
the very close relationship between the swedish defense radio authority f.r.a. and their american counterpart n.s.a. and according to the documents. that f.r.a. have spied spying on the russian leadership and they are passing this information on to n.s.a. we got access to these documents thanks to edward snowden so for we have don't have any details more than the documents are mentioning. that they're talking about unique intelligence they're talking about classic intelligence and they also...
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it's a defense that photography can pick that doesn't apply to units and kiss it. standing in their beaks peaceful right to use. i was too late to their peak soon as he cooked and eaten. but to no tears is just in one aspect of the fruit at school the probe was born in eighteen ninety seven in berlin and was drafted into the german army during the war for one and was arrested when he went to the circuit. he moved to answer down in nineteen eighteen. what he actually began its war as a foot over for. he later lived in paris and you will. when she returned to france during world war two. he was incarcerated at camp learning and other concentration camps mr bowen life that didn't know whether stop him from becoming one of the most innovative and into a triple killer for us in to what extent. i seem to be in it the new creation unit and thankful for time of its current month and sand as for that because it's attend school today due to an instrument photography you don't have to keep it going to use celebrities and stars like model and a tree. audrey had her. grace can
it's a defense that photography can pick that doesn't apply to units and kiss it. standing in their beaks peaceful right to use. i was too late to their peak soon as he cooked and eaten. but to no tears is just in one aspect of the fruit at school the probe was born in eighteen ninety seven in berlin and was drafted into the german army during the war for one and was arrested when he went to the circuit. he moved to answer down in nineteen eighteen. what he actually began its war as a foot over...
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right and we're going to definitely hear a lot about that during the trial from defense attorneys and prosecutors are well aware of this they say that it is it is routine for defense attorneys to distract from the actions that their clients did and then try to put the victim on trial. the defense attorneys say that the image of kelly thomas being a frail mentally ill man is furthest from the actual case but we also have to remember that the autopsy following kelly thomas' death that he actually had no drugs in his system that the time of the beating artie correspondent ramona lindau thank you so much for bringing us that story and i'm sure we'll be staying on top of this trial as it continues to develop. all right that does it for now but for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america and for the latest and greatest on all the stories we covered today and a few that we just did not have time to get to check out our website r.t. dot com slash usa you can also follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez and stay tune boom bust is next. technology innovati
right and we're going to definitely hear a lot about that during the trial from defense attorneys and prosecutors are well aware of this they say that it is it is routine for defense attorneys to distract from the actions that their clients did and then try to put the victim on trial. the defense attorneys say that the image of kelly thomas being a frail mentally ill man is furthest from the actual case but we also have to remember that the autopsy following kelly thomas' death that he actually...
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the fact that a number of chances suffered damage of tamils who was ousted from office last august defense minister gen until the time lcc picture of him all the churches which were attacked in the violent riots which accompanied more sees dismissal christians who make up about one tenth the region's population of eight to three million have long complained of white spray discrimination by the muslim majority. he did steve constitution which is expected to be put to referendum in december is called spin on the planned peaceful transition into the two parliamentary and presidential elections next year. up. syrian government helicopter stumped off explosives on the rebel held town near the northern city of london one in two separate attacks on but the kind since the poms makes them intended targets resulting in the deaths of at least fifty people. a report from the purchase price syrian of the tree making them relates strikes months we sometime on sunday near a bite to eat in the town of al cop killing at least twenty four people syrian state media said government forces killed ten weeks whi
the fact that a number of chances suffered damage of tamils who was ousted from office last august defense minister gen until the time lcc picture of him all the churches which were attacked in the violent riots which accompanied more sees dismissal christians who make up about one tenth the region's population of eight to three million have long complained of white spray discrimination by the muslim majority. he did steve constitution which is expected to be put to referendum in december is...
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congress who passed things like the patriot act and the national defense authorization act again completely contrary to the u.s. constitution which is supposed to be the suturing call law of the land these people need to be arrested and a government needs to be put in place that actually honors the us constitution and our i honestly believe that's going to happen one way or the other it's going to happen but you just started your answer by saying that the revolution is already happening and then you won by citing everything that's going wrong in america like for example the n.s.a. leaks right you kind of touched upon that nothing's really changing within american society i don't see people coming out in a straight and protesting even though they know that they've being listened to even do you give up yeah there they express their outrage at the fact that they have been listened to including the president but nothing is really happening it's not like america is cutting down on their n.s.a. programs and it's not like people aren't listened to any more so where's the revolution that you're tal
congress who passed things like the patriot act and the national defense authorization act again completely contrary to the u.s. constitution which is supposed to be the suturing call law of the land these people need to be arrested and a government needs to be put in place that actually honors the us constitution and our i honestly believe that's going to happen one way or the other it's going to happen but you just started your answer by saying that the revolution is already happening and...
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yemen a suicide bomber is said to have driven a car packed with explosives into the entrance of the defense ministry compound in the capital sana'a the blast severely damaged a hospital which is thought to be target unconfirmed reports say gunmen who arrived in a second half and stormed buildings belonging to the complex yemeni defense ministry says almost all the attackers have been killed but did not specify the exact number authorities are now using state media to call for blood donations are to talk to you and well he witnessed the attack from his home near the base. of the experiencer. sure could be smashing. in one of the. following friday experiences introduction. for my local groups are naturally out of the moment. for carter you walk around. she becomes rooted sure looks nice crocs and you know there are report card rupie. well for more on this let's cross live now to james colbert the host of the colbert report an online news source thanks very much for joining us this often and no one has claimed responsibility yet but he think could be behind the attack well interestingly enough
yemen a suicide bomber is said to have driven a car packed with explosives into the entrance of the defense ministry compound in the capital sana'a the blast severely damaged a hospital which is thought to be target unconfirmed reports say gunmen who arrived in a second half and stormed buildings belonging to the complex yemeni defense ministry says almost all the attackers have been killed but did not specify the exact number authorities are now using state media to call for blood donations...
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security and defense. ministry i think the they just target they just wanted to target anyone at the place medical the staff soldiers high ranking military men all together earlier i our security analyst chose bridge he's a former u.k. time to terrorism intelligence officer for his thoughts on the roots of this violence. it does seem to bear the hallmarks of a q a p al qaeda in the arabian peninsula they have certainly the ability to carry out such well coordinated such detailed and very successful attacks from that perspective but also of course they have a continuing ongoing motivation largely. at the behest of the u.s. it should be said for better or worse in this case the. relatively new yemeni government has carried out a relatively in conventional terms at least successful campaign an offensive against al qaeda in specifically in the southern provinces of yemen the response to that of course is quite predictable well al-qaeda and of course all if you like islamist or any if you like guerrilla forces
security and defense. ministry i think the they just target they just wanted to target anyone at the place medical the staff soldiers high ranking military men all together earlier i our security analyst chose bridge he's a former u.k. time to terrorism intelligence officer for his thoughts on the roots of this violence. it does seem to bear the hallmarks of a q a p al qaeda in the arabian peninsula they have certainly the ability to carry out such well coordinated such detailed and very...
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and it doesn't want to appease the chinese he doesn't want this imposition of in the defense identification zone by the chinese blowing up into something bigger. but the signal because yuppies we stand side by side with you we support you on your opposition to the fish that the sun by the chinese. keep a calm keep it cool a lot of talking with beijing. how can we turn off the house was next on the joe biden is beijing. yes the backstory if you will want a silence so important to both japan and china on the sofa specific questions on the surface of things that i don't like very much. it's play violins tiny items which are uninhabited months of talks on some people call them i'm three reefs in the middle of the east china sea. though very much that you accept that their evening an important strategic sea lane and in what is around them at the store to be significant in the oil and gas deposits plus it's a major fishing area but the chinese on the jockeys who in the sense that very important. thanks for that robert carr says that if the foreign editor gets spent her son evan now syrian preside
and it doesn't want to appease the chinese he doesn't want this imposition of in the defense identification zone by the chinese blowing up into something bigger. but the signal because yuppies we stand side by side with you we support you on your opposition to the fish that the sun by the chinese. keep a calm keep it cool a lot of talking with beijing. how can we turn off the house was next on the joe biden is beijing. yes the backstory if you will want a silence so important to both japan and...
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and nato air forces the ability to destroy the syrian air defenses no fly zone means the u.s. would unlike what it's doing right now which is preparing for another round of negotiations be doing what the saudis wanted them to do less summer which is to further take that step towards a full scale military engagement with the syrian government and with its allies a no fly zone is not a peaceful alternative to war it's a step towards war it's an act of step towards war this saudi lover i know we're going to am about the heart of the people concerned because of that if we were to suddenly all right jennifer let's stay with saudi arabia here mark mark i'm going to go to mark now you know mark ok i'll take what you're saying at face value you know the saudis are trying to protect civilians but they've backed saddam in a war against iran were almost estimates say up to a million people so you're saying that the syrian syrian blood is more valuable than iranian blood that's what you're saying because it doesn't make any sense to me what i'm saying what i'm saying is the saudis and the
and nato air forces the ability to destroy the syrian air defenses no fly zone means the u.s. would unlike what it's doing right now which is preparing for another round of negotiations be doing what the saudis wanted them to do less summer which is to further take that step towards a full scale military engagement with the syrian government and with its allies a no fly zone is not a peaceful alternative to war it's a step towards war it's an act of step towards war this saudi lover i know...
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the editor of the guardian newspaper offers a robust defense of his papers reporting of the n.s.a. surveillance scandal was being grilled by u.k. parliamentary committee. watching our two live from moscow on lindsey france thanks for joining me tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gathered on sunday in central kiev for a massive rally the opposition says it's a decisive moment for the country's future and has called supporters to stage more protests early in the morning and block more public offices paul scott is following the developments in cuba. there's a still ambiguity over the exact figures heavyweight boxing world champion batali klitschko taking to the stage behind me and hurting the protests and the protesters to remain peaceful was a symbol ten years later giving the government an ultimatum but i have to say despite klitschko schools we can pull this evening the masked men carrying nationalistic flights over pull down a statue a monumental lenin and smashed it with sledgehammers elsewhere today there are a number of key demands being outlined by the opposition
the editor of the guardian newspaper offers a robust defense of his papers reporting of the n.s.a. surveillance scandal was being grilled by u.k. parliamentary committee. watching our two live from moscow on lindsey france thanks for joining me tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gathered on sunday in central kiev for a massive rally the opposition says it's a decisive moment for the country's future and has called supporters to stage more protests early in the morning and block...
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yemen a suicide bomber is said to have driven a car packed with explosives into the entrance of the defense ministry compound in the capital sana the blast the valey damaged a hospital which is thought to be in the initial target unconfirmed reports say done man then stormed other buildings belonging to the complex and fighting broke out between soldiers and gunmen yemeni defense ministry says almost all the attackers have been killed but did not specify the exact number are they told saying anthony biz well he witnessed the attack from his home near the bags. of the explosions and seeing the smoke for him right in. the shock of the explosion could smashing. the windows in one of the messages. following for the explosion is just simply couldn't. sirens going off in my local guides are actually down to the moment for good foot injury for connery walk around eighty around a minute she befriends building roads have been shut off a lot of smashed senior there are reports it's casualties. some more world news for you now in argentina at least one man has been killed and about one hundred people
yemen a suicide bomber is said to have driven a car packed with explosives into the entrance of the defense ministry compound in the capital sana the blast the valey damaged a hospital which is thought to be in the initial target unconfirmed reports say done man then stormed other buildings belonging to the complex and fighting broke out between soldiers and gunmen yemeni defense ministry says almost all the attackers have been killed but did not specify the exact number are they told saying...
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the swedish national defense radio establishment that's known as the the f r a that monitors communications in the swedish intelligence service now claims that the f r a were looking into high priority russian targets this includes leadership and into internal political figures now it's unclear from the documents that have been put forward whether senior leaders like vladimir putin or anybody else had their private communications listened into and we've tried to contact both the f.r.a. and president putin's spokesperson both of them saying they don't comment on these type of matters now a separate document that was released was there was to address to n.s.a. personnel that were working with the swedes and i told them that they should thank sweden for the continued work on the russian target now all of this coming out showing that sweden is just another part of the system of this this widespread global n.s.a. spying program that seems to be to looking into many other countries and has many of the countries working as partners with it and this information of course comes out on the same day a
the swedish national defense radio establishment that's known as the the f r a that monitors communications in the swedish intelligence service now claims that the f r a were looking into high priority russian targets this includes leadership and into internal political figures now it's unclear from the documents that have been put forward whether senior leaders like vladimir putin or anybody else had their private communications listened into and we've tried to contact both the f.r.a. and...
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karzai was reacting to secretary of state john kerry's statement that afghanistan's defense minister could sign it instead. karzai is so far refusing to agree to a new troop arrangement with the u.s. >>> ukraine's prime minister is accusing political opponents of provoking violence in the aftermath of a major policy switch. thousands have protested since the government backed out of an economic pact with the european union in favor of closer relations with russia. some of the demonstrators have been beaten and arrested. >>> vice president joe biden was in beijing today meeting with china's new president amid a ratcheting up of tensions in the region that has seen not only the usual inflammatory words but even the deployment of u.s. warplanes. chief washington correspondent james rosen brings us that story. >> reporter: in five and a half hours of talks that u.s. officials said were marked by casual candor, the chinese president said their two countries must build a new model for relations in order to deal with a world that is not tranquil. >> regional hot spot issues keep popping up
karzai was reacting to secretary of state john kerry's statement that afghanistan's defense minister could sign it instead. karzai is so far refusing to agree to a new troop arrangement with the u.s. >>> ukraine's prime minister is accusing political opponents of provoking violence in the aftermath of a major policy switch. thousands have protested since the government backed out of an economic pact with the european union in favor of closer relations with russia. some of the...
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the ministry of defense is the most important building in yemen. that's why you have the office of the president, the office of the minister of defence, and the top hierarchy of the army. this is a country that is in conflict all the time. the president has to go and talk about the situation in the north. the movement in the south, al qaeda, which has been gaining ground in the center. it's a well fortified area for us. we are the top advisors of the president. you go through tough security checks there, and it's really in a very crowded area in the very center of the town of sana. getting into that facility is almost impossible. initial reports that we are getting is that it was a coordinated attack. it was a suicide bomber targetting a gait. then fighters went through the eastern gait, and stormed the building. we were talking to officers as we speak. we are trapped and the situation is delicate. there's also a hospital there. that's where the former president was treated when he was attacked in a suicide bombing attack in the mosque. now, who co
the ministry of defense is the most important building in yemen. that's why you have the office of the president, the office of the minister of defence, and the top hierarchy of the army. this is a country that is in conflict all the time. the president has to go and talk about the situation in the north. the movement in the south, al qaeda, which has been gaining ground in the center. it's a well fortified area for us. we are the top advisors of the president. you go through tough security...